Thursday, August 20, 2009

The sock is the Knitters Brewing Company Knit Along on Ravelry. Pattern is free at this time and is called, With a Twist from the Knitters Brewing Company. Because I wanted to start immediately, the yarn is from my stash and is from www.yarn4socks.com and is hand-dyed yarn from A Piece of Vermont; fiber is 60% merino, 30% bamboo and 10% nylon. Knitters Brewing Company is a fun web site-www.knittersbrewing.com. The emphasis is on sock knitting and patterns and yarns are named for beverages. Their service is terrific. I ordered 2 skeins of yarn, it was shipped that same day and arrived 2 days later. Each skein was individually gift wrapped and I received a hand written thank you note in the package!

This is Braided Top by Marianne Isager, made from her yarn, cotton and linen. I am teaching this class and started doing it without having knit the pattern myself because the store already had a sample. All the time I could save! But, preparing for the class, the construction of the top was so intriquing, I started this at the first class. It was a fun knit.

About Me

I'm a retired nurse who wonders how I ever had time to work. Now I spend a good part of my life knitting and teaching knitting. I'm married to the same man for 50 years and we have 2 adult daughters, 1 adult son,9 grandchildren ages 20 to 8 and a new great grandaughter. My Travel Friend and I started a chapter of The Red Hat Society.